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Record #124118:

The aesthetics of Inuit art: decoration, symbolism and myth in Inuit graphics; material, form, and space in Inuit sculpture; the context of modernism and postmodernism / Gerhard Hoffmann.

Title: The aesthetics of Inuit art: decoration, symbolism and myth in Inuit graphics; material, form, and space in Inuit sculpture; the context of modernism and postmodernism / Gerhard Hoffmann.
Author(s): Hoffmann, Gerhard.
Date: 1993.
Publisher: Hull: Canadian Museum of Civilization
In: Canadian Museum of Civilization. Mercury Series. Ethnology Service. Paper. (1993.), Vol. 124 (1993)
Abstract: Essay focusing on three aspects of Inuit art. Part one analyses Inuit graphics, decoration, symbolism and myth. Part two attempts to interrelate the primal quality of Inuit sculpture with aesthetics. Part three explores reception of Inuit art in art market.
Notes:

Canadian Museum of Civilization. Mercury Series. Ethnology Service. Paper. Vol. 124 :383-423 (1993).

Keywords: 7.031.71 -- Art, Inuit.
39 -- Ethnography: Eskimo.
291.37 -- Symbolism.
291.13 -- Myths and mythology.
33 -- Economics.
R -- Arts.
(*41) -- Canada.
(*440) -- Northwest Territories.
SPRI record no.: 124118

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